A New Libertarian Stronghold!

Posted by DravenTor@reddit | Libertarian | View on Reddit | 27 comments

Alberta needs freedom minded individuals in these trying times. Please Libertarians from the world over, make your way to Alberta. Help Alberta achieve its dreams of liberty and independence from the yolk of over bearing central governments in far off lands!

We can make a new and meaningful Nation where all are free to pursue Life, Liberty, and Happiness! Where government serves the people not the people serving the government! A New Manifested Destiny rooted in peaceful liberty!

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Unlucky-Flatworm-568@reddit

Aside from the 1.4. joke, from what I've heard it's mostly the same right wing populism the US is seeing rn, the libertarian aspect is rather small.

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bannabananabanna@reddit

populism is literally appealing to a unified non diverse group that shares values customs and goals and feels unrepresented by multinational post capitalist conglomerates.

populism is the way back to libertarian ideals

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Unlucky-Flatworm-568@reddit

That's gotta be one of the dumbest things I've ever heard on the sub. Populist politicians are literally just rallying uneducated people for their own benefits, take Trump for example.

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bannabananabanna@reddit

its not dumb if you take the idea and use critical judgement skills...

they want diversity... a diverse work force will never unite and fight for better rights.

populism implies 2 things:

a unified cohesive society with shared values objectives and trust.
the will of the people represented in a true democracy

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Calm_Aardvark_7269@reddit

Individuals have values, objectives, and trust. Not societies. The more "diverse" your society, the more diverse the values and objectives of the individuals.
The will of the 51 over the will of the other 49. There's your "true democracy". Fuck mob rule.

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bannabananabanna@reddit

societies have a culture that culture is filled with common values and objectives. individuals who conform said society have a sense of trust because they share the same culture. myths, rites, traditions and narratives are very important to humans. the more diverse the individuals the harder it is for a culture to flourish.
the will of 51 over 49 is better than whatever you seem to propose... Elon's will? Bill Gate's will? Epstein's owner's will?

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Calm_Aardvark_7269@reddit

"...individuals who comform..." How do you propose to enforce "conformity" within a libertarian framework?
I propose individual free will. It's why I'm libertarian.

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bannabananabanna@reddit

conform as in "are a part of"
individual freedoms will is important to libertarian ideology but its free will within the constraints imposed by society.

libertarian ideology is more about decentralised power and free market forces

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Inevitable-Waltz-889@reddit

Those people are libertarians in their own minds.

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nyouhas@reddit

I’ve been to picture #3! That exact spot. It’s in Lake Maligne, (pronounced maleen) and it’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to. Yes, the water really is that glacier-blue, and I think that middle spot is called Spirit Island.

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Hard-4-Jesus@reddit

I don't believe it's possible for a Canadian to be libertarian. Sorry.

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Some-Mountain7067@reddit

How non-individualistic of you to say that about an entire country of people

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Farout771@reddit

Care to elaborate? Seems counterintuitive to gatekeep libertarianism lmao

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Hard-4-Jesus@reddit

They are cut from a different cloth to us Americans. Canada is ran by feminist and beta males for a reason.

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Laurenslagniappe@reddit

What dumb logic

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James_0389@reddit

We are not our government lol. Mark Carney is a globalist elite who is pushing the WEF's agenda. Our state captured media will never speak against him. That doesnt mean our people are all behind him

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mississauga145@reddit

But you could see how individuals could believe and support a libertarian movement/government.

Just because an American is a blue haired communist ally, doesn't make the whole country crazy.

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bngFXG3MDuau@reddit

It might be an improvement for Canadians in other parts of the country to move there and try to preserve liberty but Canada is just too fucked to be worth outside forces spending resources on it.

Canada doesn't even have the reasonable expectation of property rights anymore. All the "rights" of the people can be ignored whenever the government feels like it. Freedom of speech, freedom of press, right to bear arms (lmao), freedom of religion, what else has Canada lost or never had?

Nevermind that Alberta is half communist, half Republican currently and one of the most populated states. There's not enough libertarians in the country to move the needle. If you could mobilize libertarians you might as well do it to PEI because they have the lowest population.

If you do put in any effort your first step should be trying to unbrainwash the masses into thinking personal autonomy is worth anything. The majority of the country based their identity on "not like the US" and still deludes themselves into thinking the US is more capitalist than most of Europe.

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DravenTor@reddit (OP)

Anybody got today's date?